[Dtb-talk] DTB Here and There

[Greg Kearney]

In our case we do permit users from other nations with and without Braille Library Services to access our collection. PLease contact me for more information.

Gregory Kearney
Manager - Accessible Media
Association for the Blind of Western Australia
61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia

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On 13/12/2009, at 2:24 PM, Rakesh Chand wrote:

> All are great thoughts & ideas, &are certainly valuable. But hey one has to certainly think of PWD's in countries & counties where there is no Braille Library Service. what do blind students there do???
> 
> That's where networking is more than valuable.
> 
> 
> I for one & hopefully, you too won't neglect the right of reading for all blind & visually-impaired.
> 
> 
> I salute English library service especially RNIB they are providing library services for all. Hopefully, American Library we'll extend their love to other parts of the planet as well.
> 
> 
> Have a beautiful evening!
> 
> 
> Rakesh
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1 at gmail.com>
> To: "'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 7:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] DTB Here and There
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> 
>> Steve,
>> 
>> All of NLS's DTB's are in fact fully compliant 2005 DAISY books.  They are
>> not full-text, full-audio DAISY.  They are not completely marked up in all
>> cases.  For example, many of the older books are not marked up in any way
>> other than beginning of book mark.  Newer books are at least marked up for
>> easier navigation.  None of the books are marked up with pagination info.
>> However they are  most certainly DAISY.  The other thing we need to keep in
>> mind that NLS uses a  DRM scheme for the US market due to their
>> interpretation of what their requirements are.  What you may have noticed or
>> been told is NLS possibly giving RNIB access to the original DAISY without
>> the DRM.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Pratik
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Steve Matzura
>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 8:39 AM
>> To: dtb-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Dtb-talk] DTB Here and There
>> 
>> I find it very interesting that NLS is willing to produce, or have
>> produced, some Daisy-formatted DTB's for Canada that they will not
>> release for distro in the States.  Anybody know why this might be?
>> 
>> Also, is there a complete listing of every NLS-distributed dtb
>> released so far?  If so, then I suspect the BARD doesn't have them all
>> (see above).
>> 
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